Suomi NPP nighttime image of Laura (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Suomi NPP nighttime image of Laura

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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Laura soon after it made landfall in southwestern Louisiana around 2 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27 and captured this nighttime image. Laura's cloud cover extends from Houston, Texas east to just west of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).

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